Arden Cho

thumb|I grew up in America - I was born and raised in Texas. I might look different, but at the same time, I'm pretty American. Arden Lim Cho (born August 16, 1985) is an American actress, singer and model best known for her role as Kira Yukimura on Teen Wolf. Quotes I always feel like people misunderstand the difference between an Asian story and an Asian-American story. That's completely different, too. I have friends who grew up in Asia, and our experiences are so different. Even though we might look the same, I feel like being Asian and then being Asian-American is completely different. As quoted in "Arden Cho on Finally Getting a Script by Another Asian-American Woman" in Nylon (15 May 2018) I grew up watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and used to dream that I would grow up to be just like her. In a way, Teen Wolf has a lot of those kinds of characters. We're just kids by day, and yet we're trying to fight demons and werewolves and bad people and save people that we love. As quoted in "Arden Cho Talks Teen Wolf, Her Audition Process, Her Favorite Scene and Episode This Season, and More" in Collider (3 March 2014) I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it. As quoted in "‘I’ve Been Called A Chink and a Gook’ – Arden Cho Opens Up About Racism" in Resonate (9 August 2017) If you are friends with someone, and you're like 'Hey, what ethnicity are you,' that's cool. But you wouldn't walk up to a white person and say, 'What kind of white are you?' As quoted in "Arden Cho Opens Up About Racism in New Video" in Teen Vogue (9 August 2017) I love acting. Modeling is fun, too, but I feel like there is more room to stretch yourself and open yourself up to new experiences with acting. That's why I got into acting in the first place. As quoted in "Interview: Rising Star Arden Cho Talks Joining “Teen Wolf” and Asian Representation in Hollywood" in Complex (6 January 2016) External links Category:Korean Americans Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Texas Category:Models from the United States Category:Singers from the United States Category:Women singers Category:Poker players from the United States Category:Annie Award winners